Trump and his Wall Street insider Treasury Secretary say their "number one priority" is eliminating rules reining in big banks.

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Petition to Congress: Block Trump’s attacks on Dodd-Frank

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    Petition to Congress:
    The Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law passed in 2010 contains vital safeguards against big banks melting down our economy again, or ripping off ordinary people. Please oppose any attempt by Donald Trump and his foreclosure profiteer Treasury Secretary to attack strong rules reining in the big banks on Wall Street.

    Donald Trump ran for president on a platform of breaking up the big banks, and said Wall Street financiers were “getting away with murder.”

    He must be counting on a nationwide case of amnesia.

    Senate Republicans forced through Trump’s pick for Treasury Secretary, Wall Street insider Steve Mnuchin– even after he lied to the Senate about his record as a foreclosure profiteer using illegal tactics to kick people out of their homes.

    Then Trump signed his first piece of real legislation – and it was an attack on part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law championed by President Obama.

    This is just the start. Trump and his Wall Street insider Treasury Secretary have said their “number one priority” is eliminating rules preventing big banks from crashing the economy or ripping off consumers. Only Congress can stop them.

    Sign the petition to tell Congress: Reject Donald Trump’s attacks on strong rules reining in Wall Street.

    Enemies of financial reform in Congress and the White House take millions in campaign contributions from big bankers – who expect a big return on their investment.

    So what do they want to do to the successful Consumer Financial Protection Bureau established by Elizabeth Warren, which has returned $12 billion to consumers cheated by big financial companies? Tie it up in partisan gridlock or eliminate the bureau altogether.

    How about legislation to reinstate a 21st century version of Glass-Steagall to break up the big banks and separate risky investment banking from “boring” deposit banking – which Trump claimed to support during the election? Throw it in the garbage.

    The “cop on the beat” agencies responsible for making sure Wall Street plays by the rules? Fill them up with Wall Street insiders who spent their careers helping banks escape accountability.

    Trump must think American voters won’t notice his broken promises. He’s throwing his campaign pledges out the window, filling his administration with Goldman Sachs bankers, and giving Wall Street everything it wants.

    Prove Trump wrong. Demand Congress stops him in his tracks.

    Sign the petition: Tell Congress to oppose any attack on Dodd Frank and other rules reining in big Wall Street banks.